Good Morning!

We bought a split-level, 1977 house about a year ago and are experiencing our first problem with it... the water pressure seems to be dropping. When we first bought the house, the pressure was strong. I don't know exactly when it happened, it has been getting gradually worse, but the water pressure in the entire house is dropping. We haven't done any repairs or made any changes to the house. The water heater is down stairs, but even the downstairs shower has poor pressure now. The pressure is easily half the strength it was 6 months ago.

I should note that I noticed last summer that IF the outside hose was on, the inside pressure dropped. If I didn't know better, I'd think the outside hose was on right now. :)

Any suggestions on what to look at would be great!

Thanks so much for being here!

J.

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Originally Posted by edeossa

Good Morning!

We bought a split-level, 1977 house about a year ago and are experiencing our first problem with it...the water pressure seems to be dropping. When we first bought the house, the pressure was strong. I don't know exactly when it happened, it has been getting gradually worse, but the water pressure in the entire house is dropping. We haven't done any repairs or made any changes to the house. The water heater is down stairs, but even the downstairs shower has poor pressure now. The pressure is easily half the strength it was 6 months ago.

I should note that I noticed last summer that IF the outside hose was on, the inside pressure dropped. If I didn't know better, I'd think the outside hose was on right now. :)

Any suggestions on what to look at would be great!

Thanks so much for being here!

J.

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City water or well system? If on city water do you have a pressure regulator?
If on a well is there a high mineral content? I'll wait on your answer. Tom

We have City Water and I don't know about a pressure regulator. They didn't show us one when we bought the house. If you tell me what to look for, I can look for one when I get home from work.

I called our water company to see if there's any work going on that would affect us and they said there isn't.

Thanks for your reply!

J.

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Originally Posted by edeossa

We have City Water and I don't know about a pressure regulator. They didn't show us one when we bought the house. If you tell me what to look for, I can look for one when I get home from work.

I called our water company to see if there's any work going on that would affect us and they said there isn't.

Thanks for your reply!

J.

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A pressure regulator is installed at the point the water enters the house. Call the water company back and ask them what the pressure the mains are under. If it's higher then 75 PSI then chances you have a regulator that's going bad. Regards, Tom